This is the adrenaline pumping moment a student foolishly ran into the eye of a lightning storm with an electricity conducting aluminum pan on his head.

Dramatic footage shows ferocious lightning strike just seconds after the fearless student pegs it through the car park of a student dorm at the University of Texas in San Antonio.

Screams can be heard as a fellow student catches the action on camera.

But despite the title of the video being " RIP Aluminum Pan Man", it’s been reported that the metal-wearing is alive and well.

College student dons aluminum 'helmet' before running into lightning storm (
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Marissa Kirsch / YouTube)
The ferocious lightning strikes as the student runs through the rain (
Image:
Marissa Kirsch / YouTube)

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One Reddit user, who says he witnesses the incident, said: "The guy under the aluminum pan was alright. His thought process was the pan would block the softball size hail we were getting. He didn't think it through…”

Medical student Dirk Wristers claims to be the 'man wearing the pan' taking to twitter to say he took on nature "and won".